The 2026 Hero Dubai Desert Classic field is set with the passing of the typical Thursday entry deadline. This week's DP World Tour field is set for this event, played at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Hero Dubai Desert Classic field is headlined by the likes of Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood, Ryan Fox and more.
This is set to be a 126-player field is played out over four days, with this event featuring a great list of DP World Tour players in the seventh event for the 2025-2026 DP World Tour schedule.
We don't have open qualifiers for this event, with this being the kickoff tournament on the 2026 DP World Tour schedule.
The week-of alternate list has been determined, and the field will be updated off the list based on any player withdrawals. Qualifying spots assigned and any other invitations and add-ons will change the list.
The field will be playing for a $9,000,000 purse, with X of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.
2026 Hero Dubai Desert Classic field
| PLAYER |
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| Kiradech Aphibarnrat |
| Marcus Armitage |
| Angel Ayora |
| Sam Bairstow |
| Zac Blair |
| Dan Bradbury |
| Rafa Cabrera Bello |
| Jorge Campillo |
| Laurie Canter |
| Ivan Cantero |
| Eugenio Chacarra |
| Todd Clements |
| Ugo Coussaud |
| Martin Couvra |
| Sean Crocker |
| Jens Dantorp |
| Joe Dean |
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| Alejandro Del Rey |
| Thomas Detry |
| Wenyi Ding |
| Luke Donald |
| Hennie Du Plessis |
| Manuel Elvira |
| Nacho Elvira |
| Ethan Fang |
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| Ewen Ferguson |
| Darren Fichardt |
| Ross Fisher |
| Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Tommy Fleetwood |
| Grant Forrest |
| Ryan Fox |
| Dylan Frittelli |
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| Daniel Gavins |
| Joel Girrbach |
| Ricardo Gouveia |
| Julien Guerrier |
| Jordan Gumberg |
| Padraig Harrington |
| Tyrrell Hatton |
| Angel Hidalgo |
| Calum Hill |
| Daniel Hillier |
| Nicolai Højgaard |
| Michael Hollick |
| Rikuya Hoshino |
| Viktor Hovland |
| Scott Jamieson |
| Casey Jarvis |
| Dustin Johnson |
| Andrew Johnston |
| Ryggs Johnston |
| Matthew Jordan |
| Yuto Katsuragawa |
| Marcus Kinhult |
| Jeong weon Ko |
| Kazuma Kobori |
| Jacques Kruyswijk |
| Frederic Lacroix |
| Joakim Lagergren |
| Romain Langasque |
| Francesco Laporta |
| Pablo Larrazábal |
| Thriston Lawrence |
| Junghwan Lee |
| Niklas Lemke |
| Mikael Lindberg |
| Oliver Lindell |
| Zander Lombard |
| Shane Lowry |
| Joost Luiten |
| Christiaan Maas |
| Matteo Manassero |
| Richard Mansell |
| Rory Mcilroy |
| Tom Mckibbin |
| Adrian Meronk |
| David Micheluzzi |
| Guido Migliozzi |
| Francesco Molinari |
| Dylan Naidoo |
| Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen |
| Joaquin Niemann |
| Niklas Norgaard |
| Shaun Norris |
| Jacob Olesen |
| Thorbjørn Olesen |
| Adrian Otaegui |
| Jeremy Paul |
| Andrea Pavan |
| Eddie Pepperell |
| Victor Perez |
| David Puig |
| Richie Ramsay |
| David Ravetto |
| Patrick Reed |
| Brandon Robinson Thompson |
| Antoine Rozner |
| Yuvraj Sandhu |
| Jayden Schaper |
| Ben Schmidt |
| Marcel Schneider |
| Freddy Schott |
| Jason Scrivener |
| Jack Senior |
| Shubhankar Sharma |
| Marcel Siem |
| Ahmad Skaik |
| Elvis Smylie |
| Sebastian Söderberg |
| Richard Sterne |
| Brandon Stone |
| Ockie Strydom |
| Andy Sullivan |
| Connor Syme |
| Tom Vaillant |
| Darius Van Driel |
| Johannes Veerman |
| Nicolai Von Dellingshausen |
| Paul Waring |
| Bernd Wiesberger |
| Danny Willett |
| Jeff Winther |
| Ashun Wu |
Top 50 players in 2026 Hero Dubai Desert Classic field
| RANK | PLAYER |
|---|---|
| 2 | Rory Mcilroy |
| 3 | Tommy Fleetwood |
| 15 | Viktor Hovland |
| 20 | Tyrrell Hatton |
| 26 | Shane Lowry |
| 39 | Ryan Fox |
| 41 | Patrick Reed |
